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FaceTimed her so she could be here,” Stephanie tells me.
    “Hi mum,” I say , getting all teary when I see her face.
    “Hello darling,” she smiles. “ You look beautiful.”
    “I’m so glad you’re here,” I gush.
    “It’s the wonders of modern technology. Now, go and try on the next dress. I can’t wait to see it.”
    I nod and head back into the fitting room where a dress with a pink beaded bodice waits for me. It’s form-fitting right down to my thighs then trumpets out so it swishes as I walk.
    When I open the door, it’s to a couple of wolf whistles from the girls. It’s a beautiful dress, but I’m worried that it makes me look too cut in half. “I think this is another tall girl dress though,” I comment.
    “Not at all. You look gorgeous , Nomes,” Paige says as she snaps a picture with her phone.
    “How about you try this one?” Lisa says from beside the rack of dresses she’s been searching through. “It ’s a lot of tulle. But it fits your theme.”
    In her hand, she holds out a white princess styled wedding dress with a sweetheart neckline and fitted bodice with purple applique flowers that scatter part of the way down the flared skirt as if they are falling.
    “Oh, that is just gorgeous,” I hear my mother say from my phone.
    I smile. “It is, isn’t it?” I look around at the faces of my closest friends and see the agreement on their features.
    “Try it on,” Paige urges me.
    The attendant takes the dress from Lisa’s grasp and hangs it in the dressing room for me as I follow behind her and remove the dress I have on as she helps me into the new one.
    “Almost a perfect fit,” she comments as she zips me up. I smooth my hands over the wide skirt and look at myself in the mirror. “If you think it’s too much but like the style, we have the same where the applique flowers are white and there’s a silk purple belt that goes with it instead.”
    I shake my head. “I like this. It’s classic but with a little ‘me’ thrown in the mix,” I tell her .
    She nods, then opens the curtain so I can show everyone else.
    “That’s the one,” Stephanie says immediately.
    “That is just stunning,” exclaims my mother while the others all make their own comments in agreement.
    “It’s perfect, isn’t it?” I agree, looking at myself in the floor to ceiling mirrors in the main area.
    “So that’s it then – the Enzoani is ‘the one’?” the attendant asks with a smile.
    I nod. “Definitely. This is ‘the one’.” I turn around and look to everyone else. “Did you check out the bridesmaids dresses yet?”
    “We did,” Lisa says. “And we all really like t his one.” She moves over to another rack and pulls out a lamé woven cocktail length dress. Underneath is a purple silk slip that is covered with a sheer black lace. There is beading and fine edge work around the v-neck and the hem. A strip of tulle ties it at the waist and all up, it looks very contemporary and elegant all at the same time.
    “I love it. I want one to wear on stage at the next concert,” I comment, reaching out to touch it lightly. “They’ll look gorgeous on all of you.”
    “We don’t have all the sizes here. But we can definitely order them in and have them properly fitted within the week if we put a rush on it,” the attendant says. 
    I take another look at the wedding dress in the mirror. “This was a lot easier than I thought it would be,” I comment.
    “Purple is very ‘in’ right now. You cho se a good time to get married,” the attendant informs me as she moves around taking the measurements of each bridesmaid.
    I can’t stop smiling as I look around the room. It’s starting to feel like this was all meant to be.
    “But what about the black lace? Isn’t black bad luck at a wedding?” Stephanie points out about the bridesmaid dresses.
    “I don’t believe in that shit, Steph. Besides, we’ll need someone with a little black to match Mrs Bailey,” I reply.
    “Hey,